Books | Seventy years later, we still ‘Make Way For Ducklings’ | Seattle Times Newspaper. An appreciation of Robert McCloskey’s children’s classic, published 70 years ago this year. Generations of children have delighted in the story of how Mr. and Mrs. Mallard first find the perfect place in Boston to start their family, and how […]
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The Paperback Game – Fun With Literary Opening Lines – NYTimes.com. Here’s something to keep your group busy over the long holiday weekend.
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In an earlier post I mentioned that putting my books on GoodReads has reminded me of a lot of outstanding books that I’ve read in recent years but did not have time to review on Notes in the Margin. I was sure I’d remember a few more and, of course, I did. So here’s another
Coben, Harlan. Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011 Life is looking pretty bleak to fifteen-year-old Mickey Bolitar. In addition to watching his father die in a car crash and admitting his mother to drug rehab, he has had to move in with his uncle, Myron Bolitar, whom he hates. The
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If you’ve followed Notes in the Margin for a while (and thank you if you have), you know that for the last 6 years I haven’t been posting here much while I worked on my doctorate. I’m happy to announce that, after defending my dissertation at the end of May, I am now the proud
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Since I’m new to Twitter, I found this article informative. But the jury’s still out on whether there’s much real information to be gained by following these tweets.
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Publishers Weekly offers a follow-up to J.K. Rowling’s mega-announcement of Pottermore: many people who work in publishing think that as interesting as Pottermore is, the endeavor says less about the future of book publishing than about the singular status of a very wealthy author who has the inclination and means to build her own brand.
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Eva Gabrielsson, the woman who lived for 32 years with Swedish author Stieg Larsson, is in the United States on a promotional tour for the English translation of her memoir, ‘There Are Things I Want You to Know’ About Stieg Larsson and Me. Larsson, a journalist, was the author of the enormously popular Millennium trilogy:
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Author J.K. Rowling unveils her latest project, Pottermore: J.K. Rowling has created Pottermore, a free to use Web site taking readers right into Hogwarts, as a way of thanking her fans and paying them back for their contributions to the book. Rowling announced the news in a press conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Are Teen Novels Dark and Depraved–Or Saving Lives? OK, one more article in response to the recent brouhaha over the state of YA (young adult) literature. This one is from Publishers Weekly, and of course you’d expect a publication aimed at the publishing industry to denounce any cries for censorship and to support writers and
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